He was born April 18, 1929, in Oliver Springs, Tenn., the son of Eli M. and Sallie (Chiles) Hudson. He shared 58 years of his life with his loving wife, June (Jones) Hudson.

Jim was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Jim served in the United States Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He was retired from Home Beneficial Life Insurance Company, where he worked more than 33 years. Jim adored his grandchildren and loved spending time with them.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Eli and Sallie Hudson; his brothers, Harold Hudson and Ben Hudson; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Guy and Frankie Jones.

He will be greatly missed by his wife, June; his son, James G. and wife, Lori, and son Paul and wife, Natascha; and his grandchildren, Olivia and Blake Hudson, and Zach, Shelby and Dane Buffin. Jim is also survived by his sister, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough of Knoxville; sisters-in-law, Jan Hale, Jeanette Babb and husband, Jim, Judy Slack and husband, Charles, Jackie Maston and husband, Dwight, all of Coalfield; brother-in-law, Joe Jones and wife, Judy, of Rockwood. He will also be missed by a host of loving nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, and extended family and friends.

The family will receive friends and celebrate Jim’s life from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 with a service following at Sharp Funeral Home, 209 Roane St., Oliver Springs.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Estes Cemetery in Coalfield. Dr. Mike Jones will be officiating.